Good article with a mostly credible semi admission by JaJa ("I took what the team docs gave me. I know my reputation is taking a hit"). Lends even more credence to the general theory that anyone near a podium in a grand tour simply has to be juiced.

LJ is coming close to what I would say if I was a rider from that era - "I had a job to do and I was paid to perform". It's probably not what I should say, want my kids, family or fans to hear, but, them's the facts.

Jalabert is a nice guy, he comments on France Télévisions and he doesn't sound like a dimwit. So his "I took whatever the team doctors gave me" sounds a bit disingenuous. I can't imagine someone with half a brain not wanting to know what he's being injected, let alone the context in which all this was happening (90's, Spain, Once, Saiz, come on!). I just finished reading "The Secret Race" and boy is it interesting. I don't know which irritates me more, the secrecy, the lying or the hypocrisy (wait until you're banned for life and/or retired to come clean). The only two guys with enough balls to have spoken that I can think of are Bassons and Simeoni. We all know how that went.

Hahaa..... this post with my login name (chosen randomly just for fun). I was a fan of Jaja back in the day because 1) I admired that he raced a long season 2) he was an all-rounder, good at classics and stages races 3) he simply looked great on a bike, he had class.

Of course he knew that the injections were not B-complex. Ridiculous to play dumb!

We all know they were all doping then. ESPECIALLY the Spanish teams with ONCE/Manolo Saiz leading the charge. From Zulle to Olano to Beloki. Some of Jaja's expoits on mountain stages for a guy with his power and build....not normal! A lot of eyebrows were raised back then.

So F-in what though. Too bad to lose him as a commentator because he's good at it and has interesting things to say. I listen to the france2 streams whenever possible to watch the big races.